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  1. gowlerk
    During the late 60's and early 70's there was a great amount of near hatred directed at the police by many young people. There were slogans tossed around that I would not repeat these days. I hope this kind of animosity never returns, but these are the kind of actions that could lead to it.
  2. gowlerk
    You should probably ask this question in a paraglider forum. This is not something that happens to skydiving canopies. Tension knots do happen with our gear during deployments, but not mid-flight. As a sport parachute rigger, I could only speculate on possible reasons. There are similarities in the canopies used in these sports, but there are also great differences.
  3. gowlerk

    covid-19

    gowlerk replied to gowlerk's topic in Speakers Corner

    This was and is inevitable. The virus is not going away. There will be hot spots as we slowly adapt to the new reality. Until this thing has an effective vaccine or most of us are exposed it will move through the world like a smouldering fire. Population centres will be very vulnerable to having their hospitals go through periods of being overwhelmed. I don't think of it as opening up too soon, but rather opening up too widely. But there will be a large element of randomness and plain old luck as well.
  4. gowlerk
    Oh, but we do. All too well.
  5. gowlerk
    Oh fer cryin' out loud. Ron thinks anyone to the left of Attila the Hun who dares to open his mouth is "Antifa funded by George Soros". Hell, back a few years ago he contacted the authorities to warn them that TK Hayes was working to undermine the good old USA and was a foreign Canadian agitator. Ron's rantings are so far from reality that they make Turtle Shell look reasonable. (Sorry Jakee, you are just the post I chose to rant on)
  6. gowlerk
    Next time you should consider going out and meeting some of your neighbours. It’s unlikely a bunch of outsiders came to your town.
  7. gowlerk
    I for one have never met the so-called turtle. Have you? Why do you assume that he is not black? Is it some preconceived notion of how black people act that make you believe that he must be white? You may be black as well for all I know.
  8. gowlerk
    None of them have actually resigned from their jobs. They have just quit the emergency force that turns out for crowd control.
  9. gowlerk
    Your fear is showing again. Poor people look scary? Don't take a drive through. Park your car and get out for a walk and meet people.
  10. gowlerk
    I don’t need to read the article. I’m a life long Winnipeg resident and I’m well aware of the racism here.
  11. gowlerk
    That stopped me for awhile. But enough was enough eventually. I often disagree with you, and almost always with Ron, but I’ve never been tempted to add either of you to my ignore list.
  12. gowlerk
    The answer is accountability.
  13. gowlerk
    When Russia uses these kind of unmarked troops they are simply called "little green men". But I've never heard of them being used in Moscow. This is very wrong.
  14. gowlerk
    But it can not be flown with the structurally integrated cargo door removed.
  15. gowlerk
    We love the poorly educated.
  16. gowlerk
    Then how will Walmart know me?
  17. gowlerk
    Instead of hiding in a NYC penthouse avoiding service and AIDS?
  18. gowlerk
    The great Pete Seeger comes to mind. And of course, Jane Fonda is now a grand old dame and still getting arrested at protests occasionally. ”where have all the flowers gone?”
  19. gowlerk
    She is probably well aware of her privilege. As I am of mine. You?
  20. gowlerk
    King knew very well that it was probable that he would be killed. He came to terms with the fact well before it happened. Like all great men he was flawed. And some white men will often point to his flaws. But make no mistake, he was a great man.
  21. gowlerk
    That’s because you’re safe at home. If you were directly affected you would be angry and frightened. Concerned is how we all feel when we are safe. I will be driving through downtown Dallas in a little while, I’m more concerned than you are at the moment
  22. gowlerk
    Because you are angry and frightened, like black men are frightened every day. They also are worried about violence being done. But not to property. Real violence.
  23. gowlerk
    I am not surprised by that.
  24. gowlerk
    Just out of curiosity, if a headline were to read "When the looting starts, the shooting starts" what would that be promoting?
  25. gowlerk
    Because Jeff Bezos is an anarchist? How Trumpian of you!